sql server replication: Joe
access to G$ shares is for the local administrator. Try changing the snapshot location to use a network share (distributor properties, publishers tab, publisher elipsis); it should be something like: \\MERCURY\Repldata. Also, if you haven't seen it already, there is a great article on setting this up: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321822
Regards

I've got this error message when trying to create a subscriber from a
publisher through VPN in a non-trusted domain, I am using SQL server
authentication:



The schema script '\\MERCURY\G$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL$MERCURY\ReplData\unc\MERCURY$MERCURY_Northwind_NorthwindMercury
Pub1\20040221225704\snapshot.pre' could not be propagated to the subscriber.

(Source: Merge Replication Provider (Agent); Error number: -2147201001)

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The process could not read file '\\MERCURY\G$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL$MERCURY\ReplData\unc\MERCURY$MERCURY_Northwind_NorthwindMercury
Pub1\20040221225704\snapshot.pre' due to OS error 53.

(Source: ECSWEB (Agent); Error number: 0)

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The network path was not found.

(Source: (OS); Error number: 53)





What is OS error 53 and how can it be fixed???